{"id":37432,"date":"2022-06-01T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T12:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=37432"},"modified":"2022-06-01T14:37:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T12:37:51","slug":"osmani-breaks-silence-theres-no-rise-in-inter-ethnic-hate-crimes-in-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/osmani-breaks-silence-theres-no-rise-in-inter-ethnic-hate-crimes-in-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"Osmani breaks silence: There\u2019s no rise in inter-ethnic hate crimes in Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a visit to Peja, Kosovo\u2019s president Vjosa Osmani declared that there hasn\u2019t been a rise in inter-ethnic crimes or incidents in Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>These comments were made during a meeting with the mayor of Peja, Gazmend Muhaxheri.<\/p>\n<p>Osmani stated that after yesterday\u2019s statements made by the head of EU\u2019s Office in Kosovo, Tomas Szunyog, that after the pandemic, in parts of Vushtria, there\u2019s been an increase in the number of inter-ethnic incidents, she asked law enforcement authorities for details regarding the matter, and concluded that this wasn\u2019t in fact the case.<\/p>\n<p>Osmani told Kosova Press that \u201cno one should rush to draw such conclusions or make statements that haven\u2019t been confirmed by law enforcement and national security institutions because they risk damaging the national image\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that no one rushes to draw conclusions that haven\u2019t been confirmed by our national security institutions because this not only damages the image of our nation but it also hurts our efforts to build a Kosovo where every citizen feels equal, safe, and whose rights are met, just like our Constitution prescribes,\u201d \u2013 said president Osmani.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, ambassador Szunyog took to Twitter yesterday to warn that since the beginning of the pandemic, there\u2019s been a definite increase in the number of inter-ethnic incidents in Vushtrri.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/05\/30\/osmani-kosovo-sees-nato-as-a-guarantee-for-peace-and-security-in-the-region\/\">Osmani: Kosovo sees NATO as a guarantee for peace and security in the region<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/barometer\/2021\/11\/25\/vjosa-osmani-voted-top-favorite-politician\/\">Vjosa Osmani is Kosovo\u2019s most popular politician among Albanians, finds Barometer<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/10\/21\/vjosa-osmani-disagrees-with-eu-commissions-criticisms-on-vetting-process\/\">Vjosa Osmani disagrees with EU Commission\u2019s criticisms on vetting process<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu37317\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a visit to Peja, Kosovo\u2019s president Vjosa Osmani declared that there hasn\u2019t been a rise in inter-ethnic crimes or incidents in Kosovo. 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Osmani stated that after yesterday\u2019s statements made by the head of EU\u2019s Office in Kosovo, Tomas Szunyog, that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":37435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[414,1494,1493,1495,1496,300,151,430,1497,433,1492],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Osmani breaks silence: There\u2019s no rise in inter-ethnic hate crimes in Kosovo - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/osmani-breaks-silence-theres-no-rise-in-inter-ethnic-hate-crimes-in-kosovo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Osmani breaks silence: There\u2019s no rise in inter-ethnic hate crimes in Kosovo - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"During a visit to Peja, Kosovo\u2019s president Vjosa Osmani declared that there hasn\u2019t been a rise in inter-ethnic crimes or incidents in Kosovo. 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